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Depositions of George Armesley Derville Marlow, surgeon of Aspley Guise, Sarah Hirdle, labourer's wife of Ridgmont and Susan Cook, singlewoman of Ridgmont. In the case of Alfred Hirdle accused of wounding and inflicting bodily harm on his wife, Sarah, with a stick.

3 April 1883

From: 1883 To: 1883

Sarah Hirdle: wife of the accused and residing at Ridgmont. On 12 January she applied to the Woburn bench and obtained a warrant for the apprehension of her husband for threatening her life. The prisoner said he would have his revenge. He left home on 11 January and returned on 14 January between 1am and 2am. She was in bed and heard him slam a window which broke. He came upstairs and was swearing, saying he would have a rope round her neck and would kill her. He came to the bedside and stuck her about the head with a stick. He struck her several times with the stick and once in the eye with his fist. She was cut about the head. He went downstairs and left. There was a woman by the name of Susan Cook staying downstairs in the house. The doctor was sent for and had attended her since. Susan Cook: on 13 January she was lodging in a downstairs room of the prisoner’s house. During the night he woke her by slamming the window. He jumped inside and she heard him say “I’ll kill her tonight”. She ran out of the house to fetch Mrs Hirdle’s father. When she returned the prisoner had gone and Mrs Hirdle was in bed with blood running down her face. She went for the policeman. George Armesley Derville Marlow: a surgeon in practice in Aspley Guise. On 14 January he was summoned to Mrs Hirdle and found her at her mother’s house. She had a wound on her head about an inch long. Her eye was blackened and had bruises on her arms and hands. There was an abrasion on her right ear. The wounds were not dangerous. Statement of the accused: nothing to say.

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Hirdle, Alfred,
Hirdle, Sarah,
Cook, Susan,
Marlow, George Armesley Derville

RIDGMONT, ASPLEY GUISE, assault, surgeon